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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
200 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
/NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NWS PRODUCT USERS
FROM DONALD R. WERNLY...CHIEF...WARNING AND FORECAST BRANCH
SUBJECT COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER NOTICE 95-47 SIOUX FALLS
SOUTH DAKOTA...WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE/S
SHORT-FUSE COUNTY WARNING AREA EXPANDS...EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 1 1995.
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY...SEPTEMBER 1 1995 AT 1100 A.M. CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME /1600 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL TRANSFER SHORT-FUSE WARNING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA /TABLE 1/ TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE /WSFO/ IN SIOUX FALLS /FSD/
...SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /WSO/ IN HURON
/HON/...SOUTH DAKOTA.
WSFO FSD WILL ISSUE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS /TABLE 2/
AND RELATED PRODUCTS THAT GIVE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON THE
WARNINGS /TABLE 3/. FOR HOLDERS OF NWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTER
C-47...COUNTY WARNING AREAS...THIS TRANSFER IS THE 47TH UPDATE IN
1995.
BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTY WARNING TRANSFER...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RECEIVE THE SHORT-FUSE WARNINGS
AND RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THESE COUNTIES USING THE FSD
IDENTIFIER /TABLES 2 AND 3/ INSTEAD OF THE HON IDENTIFIER. THE
UNIVERSAL GENERIC CODES /UGC/...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED
/AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1/.
TABLE 1.
COUNTY UGC ZONE UGC COUNTY FROM TO
CODE CODE
CLARK SDZ019- SDC025- HON FSD
CODINGTON SDZ020- SDC029- HON FSD
DEUEL SDZ023- SDC039- HON FSD
HAMLIN SDZ022- SDC057- HON FSD
BEADLE SDZ038- SDC005- HON FSD
KINGSBURY SDZ039- SDC077- HON FSD
JERAULD SDZ052- SDC073- HON FSD
SANBORN SDZ053- SDC111- HON FSD
MINER SDZ054- SDC097- HON FSD
TABLE 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT-FUSE WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE
COUNTIES TRANSFERRED TO FSD. UGC COUNTY CODES ARE USED IN
THESE PRODUCTS.
WARNING PRODUCT FOR AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
TORNADOES FSDTORFSD WFUS1 KFSD
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FSDSVRFSD WUUS1 KFSD
FLASH FLOODS FSDFFWFSD WRUS1 KFSD
TABLE 3. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY RELATED PRODUCTS FOR THE COUNTIES
TRANSFERRED TO FSD. UGC ZONE CODES ARE USED IN THESE.
RELATED PRODUCTS AFOS/NWWS ID WMO HEADER FOR /FOS/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FSDSPSFSD WWUS35 KFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT FSDSVSFSD WWUS34 KFSD
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE FSDCEMFSD MMUS40 KFSD
PUBLIC INFO. STATEMENT FSDPNSFSD ABUS34 KFSD
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS FSDWSWFSD WWUS46 KFSD
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING FSDNPWFSD WWUS45 KFSD
SHORT-TERM FORECAST FSDNOWFSD FXUS21 KFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT FSDFFSFSD RWUS32 KFSD
LOCAL STORM REPORT FSDLSRFSD WWUS30 KFSD
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
FOLLOWING
JOHN SPRINGER /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...NOAA
R.R. 1 BOX 131
HURON REGIONAL AIRPORT
HURON...SD. 57350-9719
605-352-4385
D. GREG HARMON /METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE...NOAA
26 WEATHER LANE
SIOUX FALLS...SD. 57104-0198
605-330-4247
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